Internet surveillance

features

cybercrime law • 27 min read

How you will be affected by the new cybercrime law: A guide

How the law affects users, providers, web administrators, government employees and digital experts

21 August 2018

censorship • 30 min read

Cybercrime bill nears committee approval with harsher penalties for site admins, protection for bona fides

Rania al-Abd | The amendments include harsher punishments for website admins and ISPs that disclose user data

16 April 2018

Mada Masr blocking case • 1 min read

Video | Blocked for 300 days

The Mada Masr team relays what it's like to work as a journalist for a website that's been blocked

25 March 2018

Communications and Information Technology Committee • 11 min read

State officials dominate cybercrime bill meeting as 6 more articles approved

Rania al-Abd | MPs were largely absent from the parliamentary meeting in which 6 articles of the bill were approved

16 March 2018

internet surveillance • 23 min read

Parliament in haste to approve cybercrime bill: Ambiguous provisions, loose definitions, legalized web censorship

Rana Mamdouh and Rania al-Abd | 14 articles of Egypt's cybercrime bill were approved on Tuesday in a whirlwind 2-hour session

14 March 2018

communications disruptions • 11 min read

Study: Blocked access to websites, ad redirects and cryptocurrency mining in Egypt traced to Sandvine’s PacketLogic devices

Mohamed Hamama | Study implicates US company in malicious activity

12 March 2018

website blocks • 5 min read

Egyptian government bypasses ISPs to block access to websites: Telecommunications Ministry source

Mohamed Hamama | The websites block has been carried out through a centralized government decision, according to source

21 June 2017

internet surveillance • 11 min read

24 hours later: What we know about the blocking of Mada Masr’s website

Mohamed Hamama | Where and how we're blocked, whether it could be legal, what the context is, and more

26 May 2017

communications disruptions • 22 min read

Infinite eyes in the network: Government escalates attack on secure communication

There is a history of the state breaching private security, but something new may be coming

10 February 2017

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Opinion

Sherif Azer

Twitter suspends more accounts of Egyptian activists

Pro-Mubarak Twitter users tail prominent activist

28 December 2017

Wafaa Heikal

Why did Twitter suspend a Reuters journalist’s account in Egypt?

Account blocking, false flagging tactics, internet trolls and hate speech

16 December 2017

Nashwa Hussein Aly

Why governments should give Twitter a break about ISIS

More than any other tech company, Twitter seems to be under fire from governments around the world —

3 March 2015

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News

Association for Freedom of Thought and Expression • 7 min read

Report: Internet censorship has become ‘more pervasive’ in past year, 62% of blocked websites are media outlets

2 July 2018

internet use • 3 min read

Parliament passes cybercrime law regulating web content and ISP surveillance

5 June 2018

website blocks • 4 min read

Court reopens Mada Masr blocked website case for arguments

25 March 2018

internet surveillance • 3 min read

Germany cancels cyber training with Egyptian security, fearing rights abuses

20 October 2017

freedom of the press • 6 min read

Belahmar blocked, bringing total number of blocked websites to 127

24 July 2017

internet surveillance • 6 min read

UAE transfers internet surveillance system bought from French company to Egypt: Télérama

5 July 2017

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Cartoons

anti-terrorism law

No likes?

Andeel | Sisi issues a new law to fight terrorism on the internet.Sisi: Still, no likes?

19 August 2015

internet surveillance

Intelligence

Andeel | Sisi: "Hello Ahmed, listen, what does LOL mean?"

5 April 2015

internet surveillance

Cartoon: Can’t or won’t?

Andeel | Caption: US$100 million for internet surveillanceSisi: "I don't want to give you..."

6 June 2014